The problem with
much Christian worship in the contemporary world, Catholic and Protestant
alike, is not that it is too entertaining but that it is not entertaining
enough. Worship characterized by upbeat rock music, stand-up comedy, beautiful
people taking center stage, and a certain amount of Hallmark Channel
sentimentality neglects one classic form of entertainment, the one that tells
us, to quote the Book of Common Prayer, that “in the midst of life we are in
death.” It neglects tragedy.
Carl
Trueman, “Tragic
Worship”
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